During his presentation at the first meeting of the new Political Secretariat of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras spoke about “new situation and new tasks” and noted, among other things:
“I asked for the new Political Secretariat to meet immediately because the developments are ongoing and we do not have time. We must immediately reorganize the party and proceed to charge duties to both the General Assembly and the Central Committee. We must immediately put forward the organizational reconstruction of the party. And of course, to intensify policy-making with the outward look, towards society and not inward, not introspection.
We are experiencing an unprecedented social crisis that will soon bring political developments. THE government of Mr. Mitsotakis is in constant social controversy but also with unprecedented media support.
The signs of recovery of SYRIZA PS are obvious, we have made important steps both organizationally and programmatically. We will win the election, but we need work and a plan for the next day.
The victory of SYRIZA PS is necessary because we have entered a lasting social crisis due to decisions and policies of the Mitsotakis government, the absurdity of EU decisions, the war in Ukraine which turns into a total crisis of Europe through the risk of stagnant inflation. This combination together with the policies of constant sharpening of inequalities and the criminal choices in energy by Mr. Mitsotakis intensify the social crisis in our country.
Businesses are facing triple pressure from unrealistic electricity bills (negative records across Europe), a dramatic drop in turnover due to shrinking employee purchasing power (18% according to a GSEE survey), and the accumulation of new debts that are added to the already existing pandemic.
At the same time, low-income households are completely unable to cope even with basic needs, as the family income no longer reaches even until the third week of the month.
But also the middle class, the so-called middle classes for which Mr. Mitsotakis was allegedly cut before the elections, is in a state of suffocating pressure.
In the midst of these impasses, be sure that one is the way to our victory from the first ballot box of the simple analog, whenever Mr. Mitsotakis holds elections: To give realistic hope to the citizens, to all those who see life their daily life to become more difficult every day with the government of the neoliberal Right.
But we must know that the financial situation will deteriorate in the near future. We have not seen the worst, neither we nor the citizens. The policy of the Mitsotakis government is an accelerator of the crisis.
Mr. Mitsotakis’s decision, no matter how hard he tries to persuade that he will end his term, is to go to the polls in the fall, even in early September, to prevent the absolute collapse of accuracy. And for this reason, Mr. Mitsotakis, in order to change the agenda from the sweeping precision that makes the life of the citizens lifeless, invests in artificial intensity and false populist dilemmas. It cultivates tension in universities and follows a generalized strategy of sharpening to hide that people can not get out of the month.
So what should we do? What are our priorities?
1. First of all, our immediate priority is organizational reconstruction. That is, how the 110,000 new members who came to our polls will join our lines, how we will have a permanent and reciprocal relationship and contact with them, how we will become the multipliers of our message in society and their spaces. And for this reason one of our bets must be the digitization of organizational work.
2. The second priority is the compilation of strong and competitive ballots.
We must have announced the main body of our ballots by the end of July.
3. And third, the promotion of our government program for the measures of immediate implementation and implementation by a progressive government after the national elections, based on our 5 + 1 program commitments.
At the TIF, in early September, we must announce a structured, realistic and radical government program, so that every citizen can understand what the victory of SYRIZA PS and the progressive government will mean in their lives and in their daily lives.
Along with these immediate priorities, we must strengthen the work being done in three key areas: the youth, the trade union movement and the local government, where we must prompt candidates and combinations.
For each of the above issues, I suggest that a separate meeting of our Political Secretariat be held in the near future. And at the same time, to organize two big events of our youth at the end of August both in Athens and in Thessaloniki.
Political Secretariat work planning
The Political Secretariat will meet on a regular basis, once a month, except of course for extraordinary meetings depending on developments. Our new secretary, the Rania Svigkouwill in the next period have individual collaborations with all the members of the General Assembly, in order for everyone to take up duties.
Our goal must be to give duties to all members of the Central Committee.
As far as the daily monitoring function of the party’s policy is concerned, as defined by our new Statute, the operation of a small Executive Office. A party’s policy monitoring body.
I propose three members (up to three members of the General Assembly are provided by the Statute), who will complement the two secretaries, the spokesperson and the Secretary of the Parliamentary Group. I recommend the comrades Ahtsioglou, Douro and Xenogiannakopoulou.
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